Picked it up today for $650 Canadian. All original and works. The previous owner said it was a house guitar from a blues/rock bar in Toronto and both Alex Lofeson and Prince both played it, but I can't confirm that at all.
It's got some bangs here and there but I'm wanting to get the body repainted anyway and clean it all up!
Picked it up today for $650 Canadian. All original and works. The previous owner said it was a house guitar from a blues/rock bar in Toronto and both Alex Lofeson and Prince both played it, but I can't confirm that at all.
It's got some bangs here and there but I'm wanting to get the body repainted anyway and clean it all up!
I got this bad boy nearly a year ago in sad shape, missing parts, broken parts, corroded parts, replaced parts.(Last Photo)
I couldn't stand there and see it get neglected anymore knowing it still had life to give.
I removed old humbucker, I think it was a Seymour Duncan and sourced an original V2 from another RG560 and then also a whammy bar, nut pads and bolts, 5-way switch and vol/tone pots. Those were sourced from Ibanezrules.com so really as close to original parts as you can get.
I finally got everything set up and cleaned yesterday and put some Ernie Ball Slinky M-Steel strings on and I'm just in love!! Sounds amazing, super clean and super 80s, it plays like its eager to be played, every note you feel its eagerly anticipating your next move ready to strike. Yea it has some battle scars here and there but it's still smoking hot and I can finally understand the hype about the RG series!!
Got this last week at an auction and gave it a nice clean and some deoxit.
Couldn't find much about the guitar and specs but feels nice and sounds great still.